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Game Info
- Platform
- Arcade
- Genres
- Racing
- Player Perspective
- Top-down
- Developers
- Namco
- Publishers
- Namco · Midway
- Release date
- February 1, 1981
Summary
New Rally‑X feels like a polished remix of its 1980 predecessor, swapping a few dead‑end walls for open roads and reshuffling flags and rocks to keep the maze fresh. The blue car still darts through the grid, but the new "Lucky Flag"—marked with an L—adds a strategic twist: grab it and you earn extra points for any fuel you have left, and the round only ends when all flags are cleared. A special flag now doubles the score of every flag you collect afterward, while a smoke‑screen button lets you stall the red pursuers at the cost of a little fuel. Every fourth level turns into a "Challenging Stage" where the enemy cars freeze, giving you a brief breathing room to rack up points. In the U.S. the game arrived as an upgrade kit for existing Rally‑X cabinets, whereas in Japan it was produced in larger numbers and quickly outshone the original, becoming the go‑to maze‑driving challenge for arcade fans.
Edited by Maya Carter
Arcade Machine
- Developers
- Namco
- Machine Style
- Upright
- Control Panel
- Single-player
- Input Devices
- Joystick · Buttons
- Screen Orientation
- Landscape
- Sound
- Mono
Multiplayer
- Multiplayer setup
- Hot Seat
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